Do you know of The Gap ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about The Gap. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with The Gap.<1>

We found mention of The Gap as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Coconino County, Arizona.

Communities Also Named The Gap ...

We found six communities that share the name The Gap.

Within Arizona, the name The Gap is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
  - Rockcastle County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of The Gap [Rockcastle County].
- North Carolina
  - Stokes County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of The Gap [Stokes County].
- Oklahoma
  - Atoka County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of The Gap [Atoka County].
- Oregon
  - Lane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of The Gap [Lane County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Lancaster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of The Gap [Lancaster County].
- Texas
  - Comanche County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of The Gap [Comanche County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for The Gap ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about The Gap:

Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for The Gap.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 04/73560 (Place Name: The Gap (Trading Post))

County: Coconino (FIPS State/County: 04/005)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, The Gap) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Coconino County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Coconino County.

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that The Gap could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.